While Majeed returned after being disillusioned by the violence there,
the whereabouts of Fahad Sheikh, Aman Tandel and Saheem Tanki are still
not known. Security agencies believe that Tanki was killed in a drone
strike last year.

Areeb is presently lodged at the Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai. He has been
charged under section 16, 18 and 20 of the Unlawful Activities
Prevention Act (UAPA) for conspiring to commit a terrorist act and being
a member of a banned foreign terror outfit.

He has also been booked under section 125 of the Indian Penal Code for
waging war against the nation. His bail plea was rejected earlier this
year.

The Kuwaiti resident, identified as Abdullah Hadi Abdul Rahman Al-Enezi
(32), had allegedly transferred $1,000 to the four men when they reached
Iraq.

The NIA had sent a Mutual Legal Assistance Request to Kuwait. “The
Kuwaiti authorities have informed that Al-Enezi indeed sent $1,000 to
Areeb Majeed through Western Union. He admitted to having financed
terrorism after his return from Pakistan in 2013,” the spokesperson
said.